Liam U. Taylor
@liamtaylor.bsky.social
Doherty Postdoc in Biology - Bowdoin College - BSS Kent Island (they/them)
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Out now in Behavioral Ecology.
We built weigh bridges that allow us automatically to track the energetics of a sensitive, nocturnal seabird. We show how these devices can help answer fundamental questions about parental care.
doi.org/10.1093/behe...
We built weigh bridges that allow us automatically to track the energetics of a sensitive, nocturnal seabird. We show how these devices can help answer fundamental questions about parental care.
doi.org/10.1093/behe...
me, trying as always to listen to the Silver Jews
Spotify: Here's Pavement. Have you tried Pavement? Want to listen to some Pavement? Next up we've got an alt mood, like an Allen wrench dipped in bakers chocolate. Let's kick it off with some Paveme
Spotify: Here's Pavement. Have you tried Pavement? Want to listen to some Pavement? Next up we've got an alt mood, like an Allen wrench dipped in bakers chocolate. Let's kick it off with some Paveme
November 11, 2025 at 12:04 AM
me, trying as always to listen to the Silver Jews
Spotify: Here's Pavement. Have you tried Pavement? Want to listen to some Pavement? Next up we've got an alt mood, like an Allen wrench dipped in bakers chocolate. Let's kick it off with some Paveme
Spotify: Here's Pavement. Have you tried Pavement? Want to listen to some Pavement? Next up we've got an alt mood, like an Allen wrench dipped in bakers chocolate. Let's kick it off with some Paveme
I've had my PhD nearly 10 months, hardly even won one Nobel prize, spend all day arguing with people about shooting gulls and moping about evolutionary theory, what the hells wrong with me
November 9, 2025 at 11:50 PM
I've had my PhD nearly 10 months, hardly even won one Nobel prize, spend all day arguing with people about shooting gulls and moping about evolutionary theory, what the hells wrong with me
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Griffon Vultures crossing The #Straits yesterday- pure migratory magic! ….or youth dispersal magic 😉 1,687 Griffon Vultures crossed over our heads!
November 8, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Griffon Vultures crossing The #Straits yesterday- pure migratory magic! ….or youth dispersal magic 😉 1,687 Griffon Vultures crossed over our heads!
My long awaited review of the new, highly enjoyable @themountaingoats.bsky.social album
November 8, 2025 at 5:21 PM
My long awaited review of the new, highly enjoyable @themountaingoats.bsky.social album
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In case anyone is wondering if Watson was really THAT bad, @lpachter.bsky.social compiled a list of quotes that are absolutely not for the faint of heart.
liorpachter.wordpress.com/2018/05/18/j...
liorpachter.wordpress.com/2018/05/18/j...
November 7, 2025 at 10:18 PM
In case anyone is wondering if Watson was really THAT bad, @lpachter.bsky.social compiled a list of quotes that are absolutely not for the faint of heart.
liorpachter.wordpress.com/2018/05/18/j...
liorpachter.wordpress.com/2018/05/18/j...
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November 7, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Out now in Behavioral Ecology.
We built weigh bridges that allow us automatically to track the energetics of a sensitive, nocturnal seabird. We show how these devices can help answer fundamental questions about parental care.
doi.org/10.1093/behe...
We built weigh bridges that allow us automatically to track the energetics of a sensitive, nocturnal seabird. We show how these devices can help answer fundamental questions about parental care.
doi.org/10.1093/behe...
November 7, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Out now in Behavioral Ecology.
We built weigh bridges that allow us automatically to track the energetics of a sensitive, nocturnal seabird. We show how these devices can help answer fundamental questions about parental care.
doi.org/10.1093/behe...
We built weigh bridges that allow us automatically to track the energetics of a sensitive, nocturnal seabird. We show how these devices can help answer fundamental questions about parental care.
doi.org/10.1093/behe...
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Phylogeny of tinamous based on whole-genomes and fossils: academic.oup.com/sysbio/advan... 🪶🧪 (📷Musher et al.)
November 7, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Phylogeny of tinamous based on whole-genomes and fossils: academic.oup.com/sysbio/advan... 🪶🧪 (📷Musher et al.)
Awesome paper. Poor woodpeckers, bashing their heads against trees *and* hyperventilating....
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/... instant classic!! @nickantonson.bsky.social
Neuromuscular coordination of movement and breathing forges a hammer-like mechanism for woodpecker drilling
Highlighted Article: Woodpeckers engage a broad suite of muscular recruitment in coordination with respiration to forge a hammer-like mechanism when performing their iconic drilling and tapping behavi...
journals.biologists.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Awesome paper. Poor woodpeckers, bashing their heads against trees *and* hyperventilating....
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Do you teach #rstats? Do your students complain about how lame and old-fashioned dplyr is? Don't worry: I have the solution for you: github.com/hadley/genzp....
genzplyr is dplyr, but bussin fr fr no cap.
genzplyr is dplyr, but bussin fr fr no cap.
GitHub - hadley/genzplyr: dplyr but make it bussin fr fr no cap
dplyr but make it bussin fr fr no cap. Contribute to hadley/genzplyr development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Do you teach #rstats? Do your students complain about how lame and old-fashioned dplyr is? Don't worry: I have the solution for you: github.com/hadley/genzp....
genzplyr is dplyr, but bussin fr fr no cap.
genzplyr is dplyr, but bussin fr fr no cap.
The New York Times running brave headlines like
DID THE IMMUNE SYSTEM RUIN CELL REPLICATION?
Authored by literally Plasmodium
DID THE IMMUNE SYSTEM RUIN CELL REPLICATION?
Authored by literally Plasmodium
November 6, 2025 at 5:03 PM
The New York Times running brave headlines like
DID THE IMMUNE SYSTEM RUIN CELL REPLICATION?
Authored by literally Plasmodium
DID THE IMMUNE SYSTEM RUIN CELL REPLICATION?
Authored by literally Plasmodium
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Zohran says you’re trans now
November 5, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Zohran says you’re trans now
as an ornithologist and published life history theorist (lol), I often get asked how long different kinds of birds live, and I always just say, "ehhh, like 12 years."
How long do you think Wigeon can live for? 🤔⬇️
The longevity record for this species for Britain & Ireland is 34 years and 7 months! 😮
📷 John Harding / BTO
The longevity record for this species for Britain & Ireland is 34 years and 7 months! 😮
📷 John Harding / BTO
November 5, 2025 at 6:01 PM
as an ornithologist and published life history theorist (lol), I often get asked how long different kinds of birds live, and I always just say, "ehhh, like 12 years."
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If you're looking for a #postdoc but aren't quite a fit for my lab, check out this exciting opportunity via IU's Common Themes in Reproductive Diversity group! 2-year NIH traineeship to work on one of the group's core themes. Details here! ctrd.indiana.edu/how-to-apply/
How to apply
Learn how to apply to the Common Themes in Reproductive Diversity graduate program at Indiana University with detailed steps, requirements, and deadlines.
ctrd.indiana.edu
November 5, 2025 at 5:10 PM
If you're looking for a #postdoc but aren't quite a fit for my lab, check out this exciting opportunity via IU's Common Themes in Reproductive Diversity group! 2-year NIH traineeship to work on one of the group's core themes. Details here! ctrd.indiana.edu/how-to-apply/
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Mamdani: "My message to I.C.E. Agents and to everyone across this city is that everyone will be held to the same standard of the law. If you violate the law, you must be held accountable."
November 5, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Mamdani: "My message to I.C.E. Agents and to everyone across this city is that everyone will be held to the same standard of the law. If you violate the law, you must be held accountable."
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Freaking love this guy
November 5, 2025 at 5:13 PM
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Freaking love this guy
the first students have now registered for my institution's first ever Phylogenetics course. Let's gooooo. Evolutionary history is historical baby 😈.
November 5, 2025 at 2:59 PM
the first students have now registered for my institution's first ever Phylogenetics course. Let's gooooo. Evolutionary history is historical baby 😈.
oooh
Applications are currently being accepted for UBC's ✨️ Biodiversity Postdoctoral Fellowship ✨️ (two positions!!), due Jan. 15
Please share far and wide 🚀
(See thread)
Please share far and wide 🚀
(See thread)
Postdoctoral Fellowship Opportunities
Biodiversity Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2-year (2026-2028) - 2 positions OPENAt UBC, we believe that attracting and sustaining a diverse workforce is key to the successful pursuit of excellence in resea...
biodiversity.ubc.ca
November 4, 2025 at 3:35 AM
oooh
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NEW JOB in #ornithology and #conservation heading a team that develops habitat measures to benefit priority #bird species in #Switzerland (deadline 8 Dec 2025): buff.ly/Y1bIHr7
November 3, 2025 at 7:39 AM
NEW JOB in #ornithology and #conservation heading a team that develops habitat measures to benefit priority #bird species in #Switzerland (deadline 8 Dec 2025): buff.ly/Y1bIHr7
sending all my shitposts to the Spring Nature Manuscript Adviser AI
November 3, 2025 at 4:41 PM
sending all my shitposts to the Spring Nature Manuscript Adviser AI
We're doomed, in the sense of always having been doomed
Nature suggests you use their "Manuscript Adviser" bot to get advice before submitting
I uploaded the classic Watson & Crick paper about DNA structure, and the Adviser had this to say about one of the greatest paper endings of the century:
I uploaded the classic Watson & Crick paper about DNA structure, and the Adviser had this to say about one of the greatest paper endings of the century:
November 3, 2025 at 4:38 PM
We're doomed, in the sense of always having been doomed
I remember reading somewhere the thunderbolt-and-lightning fact that some large proportion of cuckoo eggs do not match their host nest at all
and I remember a great wave of relief washing over me
and I cannot remember where I read it
and I remember a great wave of relief washing over me
and I cannot remember where I read it
November 2, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I remember reading somewhere the thunderbolt-and-lightning fact that some large proportion of cuckoo eggs do not match their host nest at all
and I remember a great wave of relief washing over me
and I cannot remember where I read it
and I remember a great wave of relief washing over me
and I cannot remember where I read it
The sentence I'd start my paper with if it weren't against the rules -
Birds develop their plumages strangely, more like the blossoming of an inflorescence than, say, the growth of a shell.
Birds develop their plumages strangely, more like the blossoming of an inflorescence than, say, the growth of a shell.
November 2, 2025 at 2:39 PM
The sentence I'd start my paper with if it weren't against the rules -
Birds develop their plumages strangely, more like the blossoming of an inflorescence than, say, the growth of a shell.
Birds develop their plumages strangely, more like the blossoming of an inflorescence than, say, the growth of a shell.
Manakin dances are beautiful and I love them.
Here are two papers that interpret the same kinds of evidence about them in completely opposite directions
(I'm clearly biased as to which one is more correct)
doi.org/10.1098/rsos...
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...
Here are two papers that interpret the same kinds of evidence about them in completely opposite directions
(I'm clearly biased as to which one is more correct)
doi.org/10.1098/rsos...
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...
Display consistency in swallow-tailed manakins: group size effects and implications for female choice | Royal Society Open Science
Courtship displays indicate individual quality and can direct mate choice. Cooperative
displays are particularly interesting because the choice can be complex, involving
the evaluation of multiple ind...
doi.org
November 1, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Manakin dances are beautiful and I love them.
Here are two papers that interpret the same kinds of evidence about them in completely opposite directions
(I'm clearly biased as to which one is more correct)
doi.org/10.1098/rsos...
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...
Here are two papers that interpret the same kinds of evidence about them in completely opposite directions
(I'm clearly biased as to which one is more correct)
doi.org/10.1098/rsos...
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...